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  Subfamily Opistominae

Genus Opistomum

    Species O. pallidum -- North America.
    Species O. arsenii
    Species O. diglena
    Species O. dimitrii
    Species O. fuscum
    Species O. immigrans
    Species O. tundrae

Taxon Information

The Genus Opistomum has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

  • Opistomum, (Artois et al., 2013).
  • Opistomum, 1 species [North America] (Smith, 2001).
  • Opistomum, "A single species" (Hyman & Jones, 1959).

Bibliography

  • Artois, T., E. Schockaert & S. Tyler. 2013. World Checklist of Freshwater Turbellaria. World Wide Web electronic publication. 59 pp. [Available online]
  • Smith, D.G. 2001. Platyhelminthes (free-living flatworms). Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, 4th edition: 77-108.
  • Hyman, L.H. & E.R. Jones. 1959. Turbellaria. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 323-365.

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